BOOKS
Bowen, B.W. and W.N. Witzell (eds.) 1996. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sea
Turtle Conservation Genetics. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-396. Silver Spring, MD
Helfman, G.S., B.B. Collette, D.E. Facey, and B.W. Bowen. 2009. The Diversity of Fishes,
Second Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
National Research Council. 2010. Sea Turtle Status and Trends: Integrating Demography and
Abundance. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
CHAPTERS
Bowen, B.W. 1995. Molecular genetic studies of marine turtles. Pp. 585-588 In Biology and
Conservation of Sea Turtles, Second Edition, K. Bjorndal (ed.) Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington, D.C.
Bowen, B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1995. Conservation genetics of marine turtles. Pp. 190-237 In
Conservation Genetics: Case Histories from Nature, J.C. Avise and J.L. Hamrick (eds).
Chapman and Hall, NY.
Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 1996. Population structure, phylogeography, and molecular
evolution. Pp. 29-50 In The Biology of Sea Turtles, P.L. Lutz and J.A. Musick (eds.),
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
Bowen, B.W. 1997. Complex population structure and the conservation genetics of migratory
marine mammals: lessons from sea turtles. In Molecular Genetics of Marine Mammals,
A.E. Dizon, S.J. Chivers, and W.F. Perrin (eds.), J. Marine Mammalogy, Special
Publication 3:77-84.
FitzSimmons, N.N., B.W. Bowen, and C. Moritz. 1999. Population identification. Pp. 72-79 In K.
Eckert, K.A. Bjorndal, A. Abreu-Grobois (eds.) Research and Management Techniques
for the Conservation of Marine Turtles. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group
Publication No. 4.
Bowen, B.W. 2003. What is a loggerhead turtle? The genetic perspective. In A.B. Bolten and B.
Witherington (eds.) The Biology of Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington, D.C.
Briggs, J.C., B.W. Bowen and M.A. Rex. 2004. Introduction to Biogeography of the Sea. Pp. 233237 In Lomolino and Brown (eds.) Frontiers in Biogeography. Sinauer Assoc.,
Sunderland MA.
Friedlander, A., J. Caselle, J. Beets, C. Lowe, B.W. Bowen, T. Ogawa, K. Kelly, T. Calitri, M.
Lange, and B. Anderson. 2007. Aspects of the biology, ecology, and recreational fishery
for bonefish at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, with comparisons to other Pacific
Islands. Pp. 28-56 In J.S. Ault (ed.) Biology and Management of the world tarpon and
bonefish fisheries. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
Bowen, B.W., S.A. Karl, and E. Pfeiler. 2007. Resolving evolutionary lineages and taxonomy of
bonefishes (Albula spp.). Pp. 147-154 In J.S. Ault (ed.) Biology and Management of the
world tarpon and bonefish fisheries. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
ESSAYS, COMMENTARIES, AND POPULAR PUBLICATIONS
Bowen, B.W. 1992. C.I.T.E.S and Scientists: Conservation in Conflict. Marine Turtle Newsletter
58:5-6.
Bowen,B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1994. Conservation research and the legal status of PCR products.
Science 266:713.
Bowen, B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1994. Tracking turtles through time. Natural History 103(12):36-42.
Bowen, B.W. 1996. Exploring the oceans with DNA sequences. Guest EssayIn M.R. Cummings,
Biology: Science and Life. West Publishing. p. 565.
Bowen, B.W. 1996. Conservation genetics of crocodiles: lessons from marine turtles. Pp. 5-7 In
J.M. Dantzler (ed.) Crocodilian DNA Research: a report on a workshop on the genetics of
the crocodilians. Occasional Papers in Environmental Policy 96-1, Center for
Environmental Policy, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Bowen, B.W. and A.L. Bass. 1996. Are the naturalists dying off? Conservation Biology 10:923924.
Bowen, B.W., and W.N. Witzell. 1996. Introduction: Sea turtle conservation genetics.
In B.W. Bowen and W.N. Witzell (eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Sea Turtle Conservation Genetics. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-396.
Bowen, B.W. 1996. Comparative phylogeography of green and loggerhead turtles.
In B.W. Bowen and W.N. Witzell (eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Sea Turtle Conservation Genetics. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS- SEFSC-396.
Bowen, B.W. and D. Crouse. 1997. Landscape-level management in the marine realm. Guest
Essay In G.K. Meffe and C.R. Carroll, Principles of Conservation Biology, Second
Edition.
Bowen, B.W. and A.L. Bass. 1997. Movement of hawksbill turtles: what scale is relevant to
conservation, and what scale is resolvable with mtDNA data? Chelonian Conservation
and Biology 2:440-442.
Encalada, S. E., J.C. Zurita, and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Genetic consequences of coastal
development: the sea turtle rookeries at X’cacel, Mexico. Marine Turtle Newsletter 83:810.
Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 1999. In war, truth is the first casualty. Conservation Biology 13:
113-116.
Bowen, B.W. 2000. A field born in conservation’s cold war. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
15:1-3.
Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Meeting report: Taxonomic status of the East Pacific green
turtle (Chelonia agassizii). Marine Turtle Newsletter 89:20-22.
Bowen, B.W. 2001. Applications of molecular genetic markers for the conservation of marine
turtles. Pp. 69 In Connaissance et conservation des tortues marines du Sud-Ouest de
l’Ocean Indien (S. Ciccione, D. roos, and J.-Y. Le Gall, eds.). Editions du Centre d’Etude
et de Decouverte des Tortue Marines de la Reunion. Reunion Is., France (in French and
English).
Roman, J., and B.W. Bowen. 2001. In search of the mock turtle. New Scientist 171(2307):2831.
Bowen, B.W. 2005. Alfred Russell Wallace Award Recipient: John C. Briggs. International
Biogeography Society Newsletter 3(1): 5-6.
Bowen, B.W., W.S. Grant, Z. Hillis-Starr, D. Shaver, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and A.L. Bass.
2007. The advocate and the scientist; Debating the commercial exploitation of
endangered hawksbill turtles. Molecular Ecology 16:3514-3515.
Bowen, B.W. 2007. Sexual harassment by a male green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Marine Turtle
Newsletter 117:10.
Friedlander, A., G. Aeby, S. Balwini, B. Bowen, R. Brainard, A. Clark, J. Kenyon, J. Maragos, C.
Meyer, P. Vroom, J. Zamzow. 2008. The state of coral reef ecosystems of the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Pp. 263-306 In Waddell, J.E. and A.M. Clarke (eds.).
The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated
States: 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73. NOAA/NCCOS Center
for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Team. Silver Spring, MD. 569
pp.
Friedlander, A., J. Maragos, R. Brainard, A. Clark, G. Aeby, B. Bowen, E. Brown, K. Chaston, J.
Kenyon, C. Meyer, P. McGowan, J. Miller, T. Montgomery, R. Schroeder, C. Smith, P.
Vroom, W. Walsh, I. Williams, W. Wiltse, J. Zamzow. 2008. Status of coral reefs in
Hawaii and United States Pacific Remote Island Areas (Baker, Howland, Palmyra,
Kingman, Jarvis, Johnston, Wake). Pp. 213-224 In Wilkinson, C. (ed.) Status of the Coral
Reefs of the World: 2008. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, Townsville, Australia.
298 pp.
Bowen, B.W., B. Wallace. 2010. How sea turtles have weathered past climate changes. SWOT
(State of the world of sea turtles) Vol. V:13-15.
Toonen, R.J., C. Bird, J. Eble, A. Faucci, G. Concepcion, K. Andrews, D.Skillings, M. Iacchei, I.
Baums & B.W. Bowen. 2010. Where have all the larvae gone? Patterns of connectivity in
the Hawaiian Archipelago. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater
Sciences, In: NW Pollock (ed). Diving for Science 2010. Proceedings of the 29th
American Academy of Underwater Sciences Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS; In
press.
Bowen, B.W. 2010. Interview with John C. Briggs, recipient of the 2005 Alfred Russel Wallace
Award. Frontiers in Biogeography 2(3):78 – 80.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Bowen, B.W., A. B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1989. An odyssey of the green sea turtle, Chelonia
mydas: Ascension Island revisited. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:573-576.
Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen and T. Lamb. 1989. DNA fingerprints from hypervariable mitochondrial
genotypes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 6:258-269.
Bowen, B.W. and J.C. Avise. 1990. The genetic structure of Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
populations of sea bass, menhaden, and sturgeon: the influence of zoogeographic
factors and life history patterns. Marine Biology 107:371-381.
Meylan, A.B., B.W. Bowen and J.C. Avise. 1990. A genetic test of the natal homing versus social
facilitation models for green turtle migration. Science 248:724-727.
Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 1991. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the endangered
Kemp’s ridley. Nature 352:709-711.
Avise, J.C., B.W. Bowen, E. Bermingham, A.B. Meylan, and T. Lamb. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA
evolution at a turtle’s pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced
microevolutionary rate in the Testudines. Mol. Biol. Evol. 9: 457-473.
Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, J.P. Ross, C.J. Limpus, G.H. Balazs and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global
population structure and natural history of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in terms of
matriarchal phylogeny. Evolution 46: 865-881.
Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and male-mediated
gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP analysis of anonymous nuclear
DNA regions. Genetics 131:163-173.
Bowen, B.W., W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 1993. A molecular phylogeny for marine turtles: trait
mapping, rate assessment, and conservation relevance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:
5574-5577.
Bowen, B.W., J.C. Avise, J.I. Richardson, A.B. Meylan, D. Margaritoulis, and S. Hopkins-Murphy.
1993. Population structure of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the northwest
Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Conservation Biology 7:834-844.
Laurent, L., J. Lescure, L. Excoffier, B.W. Bowen, M. Domingo, M. Hadjichristophorou, L.
Kornaraki, and G. Trabuchet. 1993. Genetic relationships between Mediterranean and
Atlantic populations of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta with a mitochondrial marker.
Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la vie 316:1233-1239.
Allard, M.W., M.M. Miyamoto, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Support for
natal homing in green turtles from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1994:34-41
Ferl, R.J., G. Lu, and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Evolutionary implications of the family of 14-3-3 brain
protein homologs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetica 92:129-138.
Encalada, S.E., S. Eckert, and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Forensic applications of mitochondrial DNA
markers: origin of a confiscated green turtle. Marine Turtle Newsletter 66:1-3.
Avise, J.C. and B.W. Bowen. 1994. Investigating sea turtle migration using DNA markers.
Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 4:882-886.
Bowen, B.W., T.A. Conant, and S.R. Hopkins-Murphy. 1994. Where are they now? The Kemp’s
ridley headstart project. Conservation Biology 8:853-856.
Bowen, B.W., N. Kamezaki, C.J. Limpus, G.H. Hughes, A.B. Meylan and J.C. Avise. 1994.
Global phylogeography of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) as indicated by
mitochondrial DNA haplotypes. Evolution 48:1820-1828.
Bowen, B.W., F.A. Abreu-Grobois, G.H. Balazs, N. Kamezaki, C.J. Limpus, and R.J. Ferl. 1995.
Trans-Pacific migrations of the loggerhead sea turtle demonstrated with mitochondrial
DNA markers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:3731-3734.
Bowen, B.W. 1995. Tracking marine turtles with genetic markers; voyages of the ancient
mariners. BioScience 45:528-534.
Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1995. Hybridization among the ancient mariners:
identification and characterization of marine turtle hybrids with molecular genetic assays.
J. of Heredity 86:262-268.
Sears, C.J., B.W. Bowen, R.W. Chapman, S.B. Galloway, S.R. Hopkins-Murphy, and C.M.
Woodley. 1995. Demographic composition of the juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta
caretta) feeding population off Charleston, South Carolina: evidence from mitochondrial
DNA markers. Marine Biology 123:869-874
Bass, A.L., D.A. Good, K.A. Bjorndal, J.I. Richardson, Z.-M. Hillis, J.A. Horrocks, and B.W.
Bowen. 1996. Testing models of female migratory behavior and population structure in
the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA control region
sequences. Molecular Ecology 5:321-328.
Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, A. Garcia, C. E. Diez, R. van Dam, A. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, M.M.
Miyamoto and R.J. Ferl. 1996. The origin of hawksbill turtles in a Caribbean feeding area
as indicated by genetic markers. Ecological Applications 6:566-572.
Encalada, S.E., P.N. Lahanas, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, M.M. Miyamoto, and B.W. Bowen.
1996. Phylogeography and population structure of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in
the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea: a mitochondrial DNA control region sequence
assessment. Molecular Ecology 5:473-484.
Bowen, B.W. and W.S. Grant. 1997. Phylogeography of the sardines (Sardinops spp.): assessing
biogeographic models and population histories in temperate upwelling zones. Evolution
51: 1601-1610.
Encalada, S.E., K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, J.C. Zurita, B. Schroeder, E. Possardt, C.J. Sears,
and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Population structure of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
nesting colonies in the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions as inferred from mtDNA
control region sequences. Marine Biology 130:567-575.
Bolten, A.B., K.A. Bjorndal, H.R. Martins, T. Dellinger, M.J. Biscoito, S.E. Encalada, and B.W.
Bowen. 1998. Trans-Atlantic developmental migrations of loggerhead sea turtles
demonstrated by mtDNA sequence analyses. Ecological Applications 8:1-7.
Lahanas, P.N., K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, S. Encalada, M.M. Miyamoto, R.A. Valverde, and B.W.
Bowen. 1998. Genetic composition of a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding ground
population: evidence for multiple origins. Marine Biology 130:345-352.
Bowen, B.W., A.M. Clark, F.A. Abreu-Grobois, A. Chavez, H. Reichart, and R.J. Ferl. 1998.
Global phylogeography of the ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys spp.) inferred from
mitochondrial DNA sequences. Genetica 101:179-189.
Garcia-Rodriguez, A.I., B.W. Bowen, D. Domning, A. Mignucci-Giannoni, M. Marmontel, R. A.
Montoya-Ospina, B. Morales-Vela, M. Rudin, R.K. Bonde, and P.M. McGuire. 1998.
Phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus): how many
populations and how many taxa? Molecular Ecology 7:1137-1149.
Grant, W.S. and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Shallow population histories in deep evolutionary lineages of
marine fishes: insights from the sardines and anchovies and lessons for conservation.
Journal of Heredity 89: 415-426.
Bass, A.L., C.J. LaGueux, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Origin of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at
“sleeping rocks” off the northeast coast of Nicaragua. Copeia 1998:1064-1069.
Baldwin, J.D., A.L. Bass, B.W. Bowen, and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1998. Molecular phylogeny and
biogeography of the marine shrimp genus Penaeus. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 10:399-407.
Grant, W.S., A.M. Clark, and B.W. Bowen. 1998. Why RFLP analysis of control region sequences
failed to resolve sardine (Sardinops) biogeography: insights from mitochondrial DNA
cytochrome b sequences. Canadian J. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55:2539-2547.
Bowen, B.W. 1998. What is wrong with ESUs? The gap between evolutionary theory and
conservation principles. Journal of Shellfish Research 17:1355-1358.
Roman, J., S. Santhuff, P. Moler, and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Cryptic evolution and population
structure of the alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii. Conservation Biology
13:135-142.
Clark, A.M., B.W. Bowen, and L.C. Branch. 1999. Effects of natural habitat fragmentation on an
endemic lizard (Sceloporus woodi): an historical perspective based on an mtDNA gene
genealogy. Molecular Ecology 8:1093-1104.
Karl, S.A. and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Evolutionary significant units versus geopolitical taxonomy:
molecular systematics of an endangered sea turtle (genus Chelonia). Conservation Biology
13:990-999.
Dutton, P.H., B.W. Bowen, D.W. Owens, A. Barragan and S.K. Davis. 1999. Global
phylogeography of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. J. Zoology 248:397409.
Bowen, B.W. 1999. Preserving genes, ecosystems, or species? Healing the fractured
foundations of conservation policy. Molecular Ecology 8:S5-S10.
Roman, J., D. Walker, and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Genetic tools for forensic identification of
snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii and Chelydra serpentina) products in the
marketplace. Herpetological Review 30:218-219.
Roman, J. and B.W. Bowen. 2000. The mock turtle syndrome: genetic identification of turtle
meat purchased in the southeast United States. Animal Conservation 3:61-65.
Jones J.B., H. Bouzar, R.E. Stall, E.C. Almira, P.D. Roberts, B.W. Bowen, J. Sudberry, P.M.
Strickler, J. Chun. 2000. Systematic analysis of xanthomonads (Xanthomonas spp.)
associated with pepper and tomato lesions. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50:1211-1219.
Campton, D.E., A.L. Bass, F.A. Chapman, and B.W. Bowen. 2000. Genetic distinction of pallid,
shovelnose, and Alabama sturgeon: emerging species and the U.S. endangered species
act. Conservation Genetics 1:17-32.
Avise, J.E., W.S. Nelson, B.W. Bowen, and D. Walker. 2000. Phylogeography of coloniallynesting seabirds, with special reference to global matrilineal patterns in the sooty tern
(Sterna fuscata). Molecular Ecology 9:1783-1792.
Muss, A., D.R. Robertson, C.A. Stepien, P. Wirtz, and B.W. Bowen. 2001. Phylogeography of the
genus Ophioblennius: the role of ocean currents and geography in reef fish evolution.
Evolution 55:561-572.
Colborn, J., R.E. Crabtree, J.B. Shaklee, E. Pfeiler, and B.W. Bowen. 2001. The evolutionary
enigma of bonefishes (Albula spp.): cryptic species and ancient separations in a globallydistributed shorefish. Evolution 55:807-820.
Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, L.A. Rocha, W.S. Grant and D.R. Robertson. 2001. Phylogeography of
the trumpetfish (Aulostomus spp.): ring species complex on a global scale. Evolution
55:1029-1039.
Rankin-Baransky, K., C.J. Williams, A.L. Bass, B.W. Bowen, and J.R. Spotila. 2001. Origin of
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) strandings in the northwest Atlantic as determined by
mtDNA analysis. J. Herpetology 35:638-646.
Rocha, L.A., A.L. Bass, D.R. Robertson, and B.W. Bowen. 2002. Adult habitat preferences, larval
dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei:
Acanthuridae). Molecular Ecology 11:243-252.
Quattro, J.M., T.W. Greig, D.K. Coykendoll, B.W. Bowen, and J.D. Baldwin. 2002. Genetic
issues in aquatic species management: the shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
in the southeastern United States. Conservation Genetics 3:155-166.
Urena-Padilla, A.R., H.C. Kistler, B.W. Bowen, and D.E. Legard. 2002. Etiology and population
genetics of Colletotrichium spp. causing crown and fruit rot of strawberry.
Phytopathology 92:1245-1252.
Branch, L.C., A.-M. Clark, P.E. Moler, and B.W. Bowen. 2003. Habitat specificity, fragmented
landscapes, and the phylogeography of three lizards in Florida scrub. Conservation
Genetics 4:199-212.
Clark, A.-M., P.E. Moler, E. Possardt, A.H. Savitsky, W.S. Brown, and B.W. Bowen. 2003.
Phylogeography of the timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus, based on mtDNA
sequences. Journal of Herpetology 37:145-154.
Carlin, J.L., D.R. Robertson, and B.W. Bowen. 2003. Ancient divergences and recent
connections in two tropical Atlantic reef fishes Epinephelus adscensionis and Rypticus
saponaceous (Percoidei: Serranidae). Marine Biology 143: 1057–1069.
Lecomte, F.L., W.S. Grant, J.J. Dodson, R. Rodriguez-Sanchez, and B.W. Bowen. 2004. Living
with uncertainty: genetic imprints of climate shifts in East Pacific anchovy (Engraulis
mordax) and sardine (Sardinops sagax). Molecular Ecology 13: 2169–2182.
Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, S.-M. Chow, M. Bostrom, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, T. Okuyama, B.
Bolker, S. Epperly, E. LaCasella, D. Shaver, M. Dodd, S. Hopkins-Murphy, J.A. Musick,
M. Swingle, K. Rankin-Baransky, W. Teas, W. Witzell, and P. Dutton. 2004. Natal homing
in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Molecular Ecology 13: 3797–3808.
Rocha, L.A., D.R. Robertson, J. Roman, and B.W. Bowen. 2005. Ecological speciation in tropical
reef fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 272:573-579.
Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, L. Soares, and R.J. Toonen. 2005. Conservation implications of
complex population structure: lessons from the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta).
Molecular Ecology 14: 2389-2402.
Grant, W.S., R.W. Leslie, and B.W. Bowen. 2005. Molecular genetic assessment of bipolarity in
the anchovy genus Engraulis. Journal of Fish Biology 67: 1242–1265.
Bowen, B.W. and J. Roman. 2005. Gaia’s handmaidens: the Orlog model for conservation
biology. Conservation Biology 19:1037-1043.
Rocha, L.A., D.R. Robertson, C.R. Rocha, J.L. Van Tassell, M.T. Craig, and B.W. Bowen. 2005.
Recent invasion of the tropical Atlantic by an Indo-Pacific coral reef fish. Molecular
Ecology Fast Track 14:3921-3928.
Bowen, B.W., A. Muss, L.A. Rocha, and W.S. Grant. 2006. Shallow mtDNA coalescence in
Atlantic pygmy angelfishes (genus Centropyge) indicates a recent invasion from the
Indian Ocean. Journal of Heredity 97:1-12.
Duncan, K.M., A.P. Martin, B.W. Bowen, and G.H. de Couet. 2006. Global phylogeography of the
scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini). Molecular Ecology 15:2239-2251
Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, A.J. Muss, J. Carlin, and D.R. Robertson. 2006. Phylogeography of two
Atlantic squirrelfishes (family Holocentridae): Exploring pelagic larval duration and
population connectivity. Marine Biology 149:899-913.
Grant, W.S., and B.W. Bowen. 2006. Living in a tilted world: climate change and geography limit
speciation in Old World anchovies (Genus Engraulis). Biological Journal of the Linnaean
Society 88: 673-690.
Daly-Engel, T., R.D. Grubbs, K. Holland, R.J. Toonen, and B.W. Bowen. 2006. Multiple paternity
assessments for three species of congeneric sharks (Carcharhinus) in Hawaii.
Environmental Biology of Fishes 76:419-424.
Bowen, B.W., W.S. Grant, Z. Hillis-Starr, D. Shaver, K.A. Bjorndal, A.B. Bolten, and A.L. Bass.
2007. Mixed stock analysis reveals the migrations of juvenile hawksbill turtles
(Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Caribbean Sea. Molecular Ecology 16:49-60.
Daly-Engel, T., R. Grubbs, B.W. Bowen, and R.J. Toonen. 2007. Frequency of multiple paternity
in an unexploited tropical population of sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus).
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 64: 198-204.
Craig, M.T., J.A. Eble, D.R. Robertson, B.W. Bowen. 2007. High genetic connectivity across the
Indian and Pacific Oceans in the reef fish Myripristis berndti (Holocentridae). Marine
Ecology Progress Series 334: 245–254.
Schultz, J.K., R.L. Pyle, E. DeMartini, and B.W. Bowen. 2007. Genetic homogeneity among color
morphs of the flame angelfish, Centropyge loriculus. Marine Biology 151: 167-175.
Bird, C.J., B.S. Holland, B.W. Bowen, and R.J. Toonen. 2007. Contrasting population structure in
three endemic Hawaiian limpets (Cellana spp.) with similar life histories. Molecular
Ecology 16:3173-3186.
Rocha, L.A., M.T. Craig, and B.W. Bowen. 2007. Phylogeography and the conservation genetics
of coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs Invited Review 26: 501-512.
Bowen, B.W., and S.A. Karl. 2007. Population genetics and phylogeography of sea turtles.
Molecular Ecology Invited review 16: 4886–4907.
Castro A.L.F., Stewart B.S., Wilson S.G., Hueter R.H., Meekan M.G., Motta P.J., Bowen B.W.,
Karl S.A. 2007. Population genetic structure of Earth’s largest fish, the whale shark
(Rhincodon typus). Molecular Ecology 16: 5183-5192.
Floeter, S.R., Rocha, L.A., Robertson, D.R., Joyeux, J.C., Smith-Vaniz, W., Barreiros, J.P., Wirtz,
P., Edwards, A.J., Ferreira, C.E.L., Gasparini, J.L., Bowen, B.W., Bernardi, G. 2008.
Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution. Journal of Biogeography 35: 22-47.
Baker, P., J.D. Austin, B.W. Bowen, and S.M. Baker. 2008. Range-wide population structure and
history of the northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) inferred from mitochondrial DNA
sequence data. ICES Journal of Marine Science 65:155-163.
Rocha, L.A. and B.W. Bowen. 2008. Speciation in coral reef fishes. Journal of Fish Biology
Invited Review 72:1101-1121.
Rocha, L.A., C. R. Rocha, D.R. Robertson, and B. W. Bowen. 2008. Comparative
phylogeography of Atlantic reef fishes indicates both origin and accumulation of diversity
in the Caribbean. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:157. http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712148/8/157
Theisen, T.C., B.W. Bowen, W. Lanier, and J.D. Baldwin. 2008. High connectivity on a global
scale in the pelagic wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri (tuna family Scombridae). Molecular
Ecology 17: 4233–4247.
Schultz, J.K., K.A. Feldheim, S.H. Gruber, M.V. Ashley, T. M. McGovern, B.W. Bowen. 2008.
Global phylogeography and seascape genetics of the lemon sharks (genus Negaprion).
Molecular Ecology 17: 5336-5348
Bienfang, P., B. Oben, S. DeFelice, P. Moeller, K. Huncik, P. Oben, R. Toonen, T. Daly-Engel,
and B. Bowen. 2008. Ciguatera: Detection of neurotoxins in carnivorous reef fish from
Cameroon coast, West Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 30:533-540.
Schultz, J.K., J.D. Baker, R.J. Toonen, B.W. Bowen. 2009. Extremely low genetic diversity in the
endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Journal of Heredity 100:2533.
Eble, J.A., R.J. Toonen, B.W. Bowen. 2009. Endemism and dispersal: comparative
phylogeography of three surgeonfish species across the Hawaiian Archipelago. Marine
Biology 156:689–698.
Andrews, K.R., L. Karczmarski, W.W.L. Au, S. Rickards, C.A. Vanderlip, B.W. Bowen, R.J.
Toonen. 2010. Rolling stones and stable homes; Social structure, habitat diversity, and
population genetics of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Molecular
Ecology 19:732-748.
Gaither, M.R., R.J. Toonen, D.R. Robertson, S. Planes, and B.W. Bowen. 2010. Genetic
evaluation of marine biogeographic barriers: perspectives from two widespread IndoPacific snappers (Lutjanus spp.). Journal of Biogeography 37:133-147.
McBride, R.S., C.R. Rocha, R. Ruiz-Carus, and B.W. Bowen. 2010. A new species of Elops
(Elopiformes: Elopidae) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 2346:29-41.
Gaither, M.R., B.W. Bowen, R.J. Toonen, S. Planes, V. Messmer, J. Earle, D.R. Robertson. 2010.
Genetic consequences of introducing allopatric lineages of Bluestriped Snapper (Lutjanus
kasmira) to Hawaii. Molecular Ecology 19: 1107 - 1121.
Daly-Engel, T.S., R.D. Grubbs, K.W. Feldheim, B.W. Bowen, R.J. Toonen. 2010. Is multiple
paternity beneficial or unavoidable? Low multiple paternity and genetic diversity in the
shortspine spurdog shark (Squalus mitsukurii). Marine Ecology Progress Series 403:255267.
Reece, J.S., B.W. Bowen, K. Joshi, V. Goz, A.F. Larson. 2010. Phylogeography of two moray
eels indicates high dispersal throughout the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Heredity 101:391 –
402.
Grant, W.S., F. Lecomte, B.W. Bowen. 2010. Biogeographical contingency and the evolution of
tropical anchovies Cetengraulis from temperate Engraulis. Journal of Biogeography
37:1352 – 1362.
Gaither, M.R., R.J. Toonen, L. Sorenson, B.W. Bowen. 2010. Isolation and characterization of
microsatellite markers for the Crimson Jobfish, Pristipomoides filamentosus (Lutjanidae).
Conservation Genetics Resources 2:169-172.
Craig, M.T., J. Eble, B.W. Bowen. 2010. Origins, ages, and populations histories: Comparative
phylogeography of endemic Hawaiian butterflyfishes (genus Chaetodon). Journal of
Biogeography 37:2125 – 2136.
Reece, J.S., B.W. Bowen, D.G. Smith, A.F. Larson. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of moray eels
(Murenidae) demonstrates multiple origins of a shell-crushing jaw (Gymnomuraena,
Echidna) and multiple colonizations of the Atlantic Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 57:829 – 835.
Wallace, B.P., A.D. DiMatteo, B.J. Hurley, E.M. Finkbeiner, A.B. Bolten, M.Y. Chaloupka, B.J.
Hutchinson, F.A. Abreu-Grobois, D. Amorocho, K.A. Bjorndal, J. Bourjea, B.W. Bowen,
R. Briceño Dueñas, P. Casale, B.C. Choudhury, A. Costa, P.H. Dutton, A. Fallabrino, A.
Girard, M. Girondot, M.H. Godfrey, M. Hamann, M. López-Mendilaharsu, M.A.
Marcovaldi, J.A. Mortimer, J.A. Musick, R. Nel, J.A. Seminoff, S. Troëng, B. Witherington,
R.B. Mast. 2010. Regional management units for marine turtles: A novel framework for
prioritizing conservation and research across multiple scales. PLoS One 5(12): e15465.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015465
DiBattista, J.D., C. Wilcox, M.T. Craig, L.A. Rocha, B.W. Bowen. 2011. Phylogeography of the
Pacific Blueline Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigroris reveals a cryptic species in the Hawaiian
Archipelago. Journal of Marine Biology, Article ID 839134
Eble, J.A., L.A. Rocha, M.T. Craig, B.W. Bowen. 2011. Not all larvae stay close to home: Longdistance dispersal in Indo-Pacific reef fishes, with a focus on the Brown Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus nigrofuscus). Journal of Marine Biology, Article ID 518516
Toonen, R.J., K.R. Andrews, I.B. Baums, C.E. Bird, C.T. Concepcion, T.S. Daly-Engel, J.A. Eble,
A. Faucci, M.R. Gaither, M. Iacchei, J.B. Puritz, J.K. Schultz, D.J. Skillings, M. Timmers,
B.W. Bowen. 2011. Defining boundaries for applying ecosystem-based management: A
multispecies case study of marine connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal
of Marine Biology, Article ID 460173
DiBattista J.D., Feldheim, K.A., B.W. Bowen. 2011. Microsatellite DNA markers for population
genetic and hybridization analysis of two closely related surgeonfish species, Acanthurus
nigricans and Acanthurus leucosternon. Conservation Genetic Resources 3:159 – 162.
Schultz, J.K., J.D. Baker, R.J. Toonen, A.L. Harting, B.W. Bowen. 2011. Range-wide genetic
connectivity of the Hawaiian monk seal and implications for transplantation.
Conservation Biology 25:124-132.
Bjorndal, K.A., B.W. Bowen, M. Chaloupka, L.B. Crowder, S.S. Heppell, C.M. Jones, M.E.
Lutcavage, D. Policansky, A.R. Solow, and B.E. Witherington. 2011. Better science
needed for restoration in the Gulf of Mexico. Science 330:437 - 438.
Bird, C.E., B.S. Holland, B.W. Bowen, R.J. Toonen. 2011. Diversification of endemic sympatric
limpets (Cellana spp.) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Molecular Ecology 20:2128 – 2141.
Eble, J.,A., R.J. Toonen, L.L. Sorensen, L. Basch, Y. Papastamatiou, B.W. Bowen. 2011.
Escaping paradise: Larval export from Hawaii in an Indo-Pacific reef fish, the Yellow
Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens). Marine Ecology Progress Series 428:245 – 258.
Gaither, M.R., B.W. Bowen, T.-R. Bordenave, L.A. Rocha, S.J. Newman, J.A. Gomez, L. van
Herwerden, M.T. Craig. 2011. Phylogeography of the reef fish Cephalopholus argus
(Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the Indo-Pacific Barrier with
contemporary overlap in the Coral Triangle. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:189
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-189
Reece, J.S., B.W. Bowen, A. Larson. 2011. Long larval duration in moray eels (Muraenidae)
ensures ocean-wide connectivity despite differences in adult niche breadth. Marine
Ecology Progress Series In press
Wallace, B.P., A.D. DiMatteo, A.B. Bolten, M.Y. Chaloupka, B.J. Hutchinson, F.A. Abreu-Grobois,
J.A. Mortimer, J.A. Seminoff, D. Amorocho, K.A.Bjorndal, J. Bourjea, B.W. Bowen, R.
Briseño Dueñas, P. Casale, B.C. Choudhury, A. Costa, P.H. Dutton, A. Fallabrino, E.M.
Finkbeiner, A. Girard, M.Girondot, M. Hamann;B.J. Hurley, M. Lopez-Mendilaharsu, M.A.
Marcovaldi, J.A. Musick, R. Nel, N.J. Pilcher, S. Troëng, B. Witherington, R.B. Mast.
2011. Global conservation priorities for marine turtles. PLoS One In press
Briggs, J.C., B.W. Bowen. 2011. A realignment of marine biogeographic provinces with particular
reference to fish distributions. Journal of Biogeography In press
Whitney, N.M., W.D. Robbins, J.K. Schultz, B.W. Bowen, K.N. Holland. Phylogeography of the
whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus): a sedentary species with a broad distribution.
Journal of Biogeography Accepted pending revision
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS FROM BOWEN LAB
Schultz, J.K., J.E. Randall. 2006. Ostorhinchus leslie, a new coral cardinalfish from American
Samoa. Aqua 12: 1-10.
Weaver, D.C., L.A. Rocha. 2007. A new species of Halichoeres (Teleostei: Labridae) from the
western Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 2007:798-807.
Craig, M.T. 2007. Facultative cleaning by the forcepsfish, Forcipiger flavissimus. Copeia
2007:459-461.
Randall, J.E., J.K. Schultz. 2008. Cirrhitops mascarenensis, a new species of hawkfish from the
Mascarene Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean. Smithiana 9: 15-20.
Rocha, L.A., K.C. Lindeman, C.R. Rocha, H.A. Lessios. 2008. Historical biogeography and
speciation in the reef fish genus Haemulon (Teleostei: Haemulidae). Mol Phylogen Evol
48:918-928
Craig, M. T. and J. E. Randall. 2008. Two new species of the Indo-Pacific clingfish genus
Discotrema Briggs (Gobiesocidae). Copeia 2008:66-72.
Craig, M. T., R. T. Graham, , R. A. Torres, J. R. Hyde, M. O. Freitas, B. P. Ferreira, M. Hostim, L.
C. Gerhardinger, A. B. Andrade, and D. R. Robertson. 2008. How many species of
goliath grouper are there? Cryptic genetic divergence in a threatened marine fish and the
resurrection of a geopolitical species. Endang Species Res 7:167-174.
Randall, J.E., J.L. Earle, L.A. Rocha. 2008. Xyrichtys pastellus, a new razorfish from the
southwest Pacific with discussion of the related X. sciistius and X. woodi. Aqua 14 (310):149-158.
Craig, M. T., J. E. Randall, M. Stein. 2008. The Fourspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon
quadrimaculatus) from the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, first records for the East
Indies and Melanesia. Aqua 14:159-164.
Craig, M. T. 2008. The Goldrim Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans; Acanthuridae) from Diego
Garcia, Chagos Archipelago: first record for the central Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1850:6568.
Christie, M.R., J.A. Eble. 2009. Isolation and characterization of 23 microsatellite loci in the yellow
tang, Zebrasoma flavescens. Mol Ecol Res 9:544-546.
Nance, H.A., T.S. Daly-Engel, and P.B. Marko. 2009. New microsatellite loci for the endangered
scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini. Mol Ecol Res 9:955-957.
Randall, J.E., L.A. Rocha. 2009. Halichoeres claudia, a new Indo-Pacific wrasse (Perciformes:
Labridae), the fourth species of the H. ornatissimus complex. Zool. Stud. 48:709-718.
Randall, J.E., L.A. Rocha. 2009. Chaetodontoplus poliourus, a new angelfish (Perciformes:
Pomacanthidae) from the tropical western Pacific. Raffles Bull. Zool. 57:511-520.
Randall J.E., J.K. Schultz. 2009. Pictichromis dinar, a new dottyback (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)
from Indonesia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 15: 169-176.
Schultz, J.K., A.J. Marshall, M. Pfunder. 2010. Genome-wide loss of diversity in the critically
endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Diversity 2010:863 – 880.
Gaither, M.R., Z. Szabó, M. Crepeau, C.J. Bird, R.J. Toonen. 2011. Preservation of corals in saltsaturated DMSO buffer is superior to ethanol for PCR experiments. Coral Reefs 30:329 –
333. DOI 10.1007/s00338-010-0687-1
DiBattista, J.D., K.A. Feldheim. Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in
Chaetodon ornatissimus and cross-amplification in its sympatric sister species,
Chaetodon meyeri. Conservation Genetic Resources On line DOI 10.1007/s12686-0109325-z
Randall, J.E., J.D. DiBattista, C. Wilcox. Acanthurus nigros Gunther, a valid species of
surgeonfish, distinct from the Hawaiian A. nigroris Valenciennes. Pacific Science 65: 265
– 275.
Ebert, D.A., W.T. White, K.J. Goldman, L.J.V. Compagno, T.S. Daly-Engel, and R.D. Ward. 2011.
Reevaluation and redescription of Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1854) from the North Pacific,
with comments on the Squalus acanthias subgroup (Squaliformes: Squalidae: Squalus).
Zootaxa 2612:22 – 40.
Leis, J.M., Hay, A.C., Gaither, M.R. 2011. Swimming ability and its rapid decrease at settlement
in wrasse larvae (Teleostei: Labridae). Marine Biology 158:1239 – 1246.
Randall, J.E., J.D. DiBattista. 2011. Etrumeus makiawa, a new species of Round Herring
(Clupeidae: Dussumierinae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science In press